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Mhm . A windy day on Tyndall Air Force

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Base florida provides ideal conditions

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for research on how one of mother

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nature's strongest forces acts upon

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structures like a full scale large area

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maintenance shelter called lambs . For

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short , this was an optimal location to

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set up because we do see high winds

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here and the effects can be devastating

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on lightweight structures , whether

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they're fabric or metal temporary

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facilities like lambs are designed to

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protect fighter aircraft as well as

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remotely piloted aircraft from the

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elements and provide a safe place for

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maintainers to work building . A more

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resilient structure will end up saving

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the Air Force money time resources and

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providing better facilities for Airmen .

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Air Force Civil Engineers Center

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experts are partnering with Auburn

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University's Engineering department on

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this very unique academic research .

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These structures , whether they're used

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for the military or whether they're

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used for civilian applications , they

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house important things , individuals

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equipment and if we don't really

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understand how they perform , we could

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be overlooking an important mechanism

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that might lead to a collapse and

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collapse is never good . And in some

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cases it's led to fatalities of the

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individuals inside . Very rarely . I

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don't know if it's ever been done to

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this scale . Been able to capture local

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site conditions , the wind speed and

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temperature and so on and then

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simultaneously measuring the forces

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that are going through the building .

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So that is from purely a wind

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engineering wind structure interaction

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research problem as well . This is just

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gonna be a fantastic data set for us to

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be able to learn from even beyond this

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project . Around 80 gauges and sensors

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in and around the lambs collects and

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analyzes 10 data samples every second

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during the year long research project .

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When hurricane Sally hit northwest

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florida in late 2020 it provided a big

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boost to the project as the wind

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rotated with the hurricane , we got it

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from all sides of the building , a 3 60

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degree coverage in the building . And

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that makes it for researcher's dream

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because now we know that the data is

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valid from whichever way the wind blows

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for the Air Force installation and

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emission support center . I'm brian

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gotten